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This law was first created in 2009. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 808<\/a> and 854<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":70359,"section_number":"19.2-393","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-393\/"}],"permalink":{"id":145515,"object_type":"law","relational_id":83129,"identifier":"10.1-1197.10","token":"10.1\/II\/11.1\/5\/10.1-1197.10","url":"\/10.1-1197.10\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/10.1-1197.10\/","token":"10.1\/II\/11.1\/5\/10.1-1197.10","dublin_core":{"Title":"Right of entry to inspect, etc.; warrants","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 10.1-1197.10","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Upon presentation of appropriate credentials and upon consent of the owner or custodian, the Director<\/span> or his designee shall have the right to enter at any reasonable time onto any property to inspect, investigate, evaluate, conduct tests or take samples for testing as he reasonably deems necessary in order<\/span> to determine whether the provisions of any law<\/span> administered by the Director<\/span> or the Department<\/span>, any regulations of the Department<\/span>, any order<\/span> of the Department<\/span> or Director<\/span> or any conditions in a permit by rule, license or certificate issued by the Director<\/span> are being complied with. If the Director<\/span> or his designee is denied entry, he may apply to an appropriate circuit<\/span> court<\/span> for an inspection warrant authorizing such investigation, evaluation, inspection, testing or taking of samples for testing as provided in Chapter 24 (\u00a7 19.2-393<\/a> et seq.) of Title 19.2.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nRIGHT OF ENTRY TO INSPECT, ETC.; WARRANTS (\u00a7 10.1-1197.10)\n\nUpon presentation of appropriate credentials and upon consent of the owner or\ncustodian, the Director or his designee shall have the right to enter at any\nreasonable time onto any property to inspect, investigate, evaluate, conduct\ntests or take samples for testing as he reasonably deems necessary in order to\ndetermine whether the provisions of any law administered by the Director or the\nDepartment, any regulations of the Department, any order of the Department or\nDirector or any conditions in a permit by rule, license or certificate issued by\nthe Director are being complied with. If the Director or his designee is denied\nentry, he may apply to an appropriate circuit court for an inspection warrant\nauthorizing such investigation, evaluation, inspection, testing or taking of\nsamples for testing as provided in Chapter 24 (\u00a7 19.2-393 et seq.) of Title\n19.2.\n\nHISTORY: 2009, cc. 808, 854.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}